Needle Felt Art: Paint With Wool

Create a Felted Landscape!

What you'll learn

Learn about wool types, luxury fibers, tools and supplies used in needle felting.

Master essential needle felting techniques to use in all kinds of projects.

Compare different transfer methods to easily get started on your project.

Blend wool to create new colors.

Use use color, size, and value to create depth in your felted painting.

Requirements

You will need: A felting mat Felting needles. My go-to needles are 38 gauge. Short fiber wool (carded New Zealand wool, Merino batting, or my bulky carded Corriedale) in landscape colors. I cover types of wool in depth in the class. A piece of wool felt in a light color so you can trace out your design with a marker or gel pen. Alternatively, you can draw on sulky solvy. We will review this in the course. Highly recommended, but not required: Needle felting tool holding multiple needles. If you are going to buy just one, I recommend the Clover “pen” style. It holds three needles. To watch the streaming videos, you will need: A computer or mobile device that has an internet browser you can log in with. It is recommended to use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox as your browser, iPhone/iPad users can download Google Chrome onto their devices. Make sure your computer or mobile device and browser are fully up to date. A reliable and steady internet connection.

Description

Learn to paint with wool! In this online class, you will learn everything you need to know to get started creating beautiful needle-felted paintings. In Part One of the course, you will learn about wool types, tools, supplies, essential techniques, design transfer methods, blending wool and making new colors, and image editing. In Part Two, I will demo how to make a felted landscape. My goal is to give you the skills to make your own landscape. If you wish, however, you can follow along with me. Your course comes with a downloadable picture of my art and line drawing for this purpose. Students will learn to use color, size, and value to create depth, blend wools to create a gradated sky with puffy clouds, and integrate fine details to create reflections and ripples in water. I will discuss using a grayscale and value finder to choose values that add depth and dimension to a felted landscape. We will conclude with a discussion of framing. This easy-to-access class includes 138 minutes of video. This class is beginner-friendly. It is suitable for those who wish to take their felting skills to the next level. I am a teacher and a professional artist. My work is sold in galleries and at shows. I love to share the joy of felting with my students!You will need:A felting matFelting needles. My go-to needles are 38 gauge.Short fiber wool (carded New Zealand wool, Merino batting, or my bulky carded Corriedale) in landscape colors. I cover types of wool in depth in the class. A piece of wool felt in a light color so you can trace out your design with a marker or gel pen. Alternatively, you can draw on sulky solvy. We will review this in the course. Highly recommended, but not required: Needle felting tool holding multiple needles.  If you are going to buy just one, I recommend the Clover “pen” style. It holds three needles.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: 2: Tools and Supplies

Lecture 2 Types of Wool for Needle Felting

Lecture 3 Additional Felting Tools

Section 3: Transfer Design Methods and Image Editing

Lecture 4 Design Transfer Methods

Lecture 5 Image Editing

Section 4: Blend New Colors

Lecture 6 Let's Make New Colors

Section 5: Essential Techniques

Lecture 7 Essential Techniques

Section 6: Color Selection

Lecture 8 Color Selection

Section 7: Photo Selection and Landscape Tips

Lecture 9 Photo Selection

Section 8: Let's Make a Landscape!

Lecture 10 Materials and Supplies

Lecture 11 Sky and Clouds

Lecture 12 Snowy Mountains

Lecture 13 Green Mountains

Lecture 14 Land

Lecture 15 Water

Lecture 16 Reflections

Lecture 17 Trees

Lecture 18 Final Details

Lecture 19 Framing

This course is suited to beginners and more experienced students looking to improve their skills.